自支撑镍纳米线阵列电极的制备及电催化性能

采用低熔点合金和多孔聚碳酸酯模板辅助制备了自支撑镍纳米线阵列电极,并研究了其催化肼电氧化的性能. SEM,XRD和TEM测试结果表明,该电极由镍平板和支撑在其上的镍纳米线阵列构成;镍纳米线的絮状表面增加了电极的比表面积.循环伏安和计时电位测试结果表明,当肼的浓度为24. 6 mmol/L时,该电极的起始氧化电位低至-0. 25 V,氧化电流密度高达163 m A/cm~2;当肼浓度较低时,肼电氧化反应和电极自身的Ni(OH)_2/NiOOH转化反应共存;当肼浓度较高时,仅发生肼电氧化反应;肼的反应分级数约为1,反应活化能为16. 13～21. 24 kJ/mol;镍纳米线阵列电极的一体化、开放式结构使其电催化性能明显优于商业镍片和泡沫镍,并表现出良好的稳定性.     

多硫化钠/溴液流储能电池负极材料的研究

在常规玻璃三电极池中用稳态极化法研究了铁、钴、镍、铅及石墨在 1. 3mol·L-1Na2S4水溶液中的极化行为, 测定了不同材料的交换电流密度.以泡沫镍、镀镍或镀钴碳毡为负极,聚丙腈碳毡为正极组成电池测试了常温下电池的能量效率及循环性能.结果表明:泡沫镍及镀镍或钴的碳毡可做电池负极材料;充放电电流密度为30mA/cm2时,电池的能量效率约 80 %;电池循环性能较好.     

多孔Ni在熔融碳酸盐中原位氧化/锂化时形变及溶解行为的研究

进一步研究在加载及无加载条件下多孔Ni电极在熔融盐中进行原位氧化/锂化时,电极厚度随时间的变化.应用SEM表征不同运行时间后多孔Ni样品的表面形态,用原子吸收光谱(AAS)测定熔盐中溶解的镍离子浓度.结果表明,负载条件下多孔镍在融盐中原位氧化/锂化时,镍离子溶出现象严重,即使无负载条件下,多孔镍在进行原位氧化/锂化过程中,仍有相当量的镍离子溶出并进入熔融碳酸盐电解质中.     

CdSe/泡沫镍薄膜电极对结晶紫的光电催化降解

采用恒电位电沉积法,以泡沫镍为基底电极,制备了CdSe/泡沫镍薄膜电极,采用扫描电子显微镜、紫外可见漫反射光谱和能谱分析表征了CdSe薄膜的形貌及其组成。应用该电极研究结晶紫溶液在光电催化降解过程中的COD去除率。结果表明,以白炽灯(100 W,2只)为光源,采用电沉积30 min所得的CdSe/泡沫镍薄膜电极为工作电极,外加偏压为0.4 V(vs.SCE),0.01 mol/L NaCl为电解质,光电催化降解浓度为0.001 g/L的结晶紫溶液120 min,COD去除率达到84.3%。     

有序介孔碳/石墨烯/镍泡沫的制备及其对多巴胺的高灵敏度和高选择性检测

柔性生物传感器在可穿戴电子设备中有着广泛的应用前景. 为了获得柔性电化学多巴胺传感器,作者在本工作中首先在镍泡沫表面通过化学气相沉积生长石墨烯,随后通过高温碳化嵌段共聚物与酚醛树脂在石墨烯表面共组装形成的薄膜制备了有序介孔碳/石墨烯/镍泡沫（OMC/G/Ni）复合材料. 其中,镍泡沫可以为复合材料提供具有高导电性和良好柔韧性的金属骨架,而具有垂直排列介孔阵列的有序介孔碳层为复合材料提供了高的电活性表面积,且有利于活性位点的暴露. 值得注意的是,夹在有序介孔碳层和镍泡沫之间的石墨烯极大地增强了各组分之间的相容性,有利于进一步提升复合材料的电化学性能. 作为电化学传感器中的工作电极,OMC/G/Ni体现出优异的多巴胺检测能力. 不但具有宽的线性检测范围（0.05 ~ 58.75 μmol·L^-1）和低检测限（0.019 μmol·L^-1）,还具有良好的选择性、重现性和稳定性. 此外,OMC/G/Ni在弯曲状态下依旧能够保持对多巴胺的高检测能力,证明了其在柔性生物传感器中的应用潜力.     

多孔泡沫状CuO微纳米纤维的制备及用于无酶葡萄糖传感器

以静电纺丝技术结合煅烧工艺制备多孔泡沫状CuO微纳米纤维. 通过SEM, IR及XRD对材料进行形貌与结构表征. 样品表面粗糙且呈多孔泡沫状. 利用该材料对玻碳电极进行修饰, 并检测修饰电极对葡萄糖的电氧化性能, 发现该电极对葡萄糖的检测灵敏度为6.17 μA·L·mmol^-1·cm^-2, 检测限为65.3 μmol/L. 同时, 该电极对抗坏血酸、 尿酸和乙醇表现出良好的抗干扰性. 这些优良的性能取决于CuO特殊的形貌. 多孔泡沫结构有助于增大比表面积从而提高与葡萄糖的反应活性. 研究表明, 多孔泡沫状CuO微纳米纤维在无酶葡萄糖传感器方面具有潜在应用价值.     

壳聚糖/硝酸铁凝胶制备铁氮掺杂多孔碳片作为高效氧还原电催化剂的研究

以壳聚糖/硝酸铁凝胶为前躯体,实现了含氮高分子与金属盐的均匀混合,将凝胶冷冻干燥处理后,经过热处理和酸刻蚀得到了成分及微结构更加均匀的铁氮掺杂多孔碳片. 铁氮掺杂多孔碳片与商业铂碳相比,具有更高的起始电位,半波电位和优秀的循环性能,在碱性燃料电池的测试中实现了更高的功率密度. 铁氮掺杂多孔碳片出色的氧还原电催化性能归因于铁在壳聚糖中的原子级分散所导致的均匀分布的铁氮碳催化活性位,大的比表面积和均匀的孔道分布.     

氢氧化钾活化制备超级电容器多孔碳电极材料

具有高比表面积、良好导电性的多孔碳材料在超级电容器中有着广泛的应用前景. 大量的研究工作致力于通过物理或者化学手段合成并调控多孔材料的微观结构. 在众多多孔碳材料的制备方式中,氢氧化钾作为一种高效的活化剂,常用于制备具有良好孔径分布和高比表面积多孔碳电极材料. 本文主要结合作者课题组的研究工作,着重概述利用氢氧化钾活化sp²碳纳米材料制备多孔碳材料的机理过程、结构形貌的转变以及所得材料的电化学性能,希望对发展新型的高性能基多孔碳材料的超级电容器电极材料有所帮助.     

有序介孔碳/石墨烯/镍泡沫的制备及其对多巴胺的高灵敏度和高选择性检测（英文）

柔性生物传感器在可穿戴电子设备中有着广泛的应用前景.为了获得柔性电化学多巴胺传感器,作者在本工作中首先在镍泡沫表面通过化学气相沉积生长石墨烯,随后通过高温碳化嵌段共聚物与酚醛树脂在石墨烯表面共组装形成的薄膜制备了有序介孔碳/石墨烯/镍泡沫(OMC/G/Ni)复合材料.其中,镍泡沫可以为复合材料提供具有高导电性和良好柔韧性的金属骨架,而具有垂直排列介孔阵列的有序介孔碳层为复合材料提供了高的电活性表面积,且有利于活性位点的暴露.值得注意的是,夹在有序介孔碳层和镍泡沫之间的石墨烯极大地增强了各组分之间的相容性,有利于进一步提升复合材料的电化学性能.作为电化学传感器中的工作电极,OMC/G/Ni体现出优异的多巴胺检测能力.不但具有宽的线性检测范围(0.05～58.75μmol·L~(-1))和低检测限(0.019μmol·L~(-1)),还具有良好的选择性、重现性和稳定性.此外,OMC/G/Ni在弯曲状态下依旧能够保持对多巴胺的高检测能力,证明了其在柔性生物传感器中的应用潜力.     

DNA/羟基磷灰石杂化膜修饰电极用于研究DNA与量子点的相互作用

首次利用溶胶-凝胶一步法制备了纳米多孔羟基磷灰石(HAp)-DNA杂化膜修饰玻碳电极,HAp优良的生物相容性和独特的吸附性可以将DNA固定在HAp多孔薄膜上,而DNA的大分子结构对HAp膜起到稳定剂的作用.采用循环伏安法和交流阻抗法系统地研究了电极表面固定DNA的稳定性以及固定的DNA与非电活性核壳型量子点CdTe/C...     

Carbon Aerogel Films Synthesized at Ambient Conditions

Carbon aerogels derived from organic sol-gel process and supercritical drying are novel porous materials with interconnect structures and higher electrical conductivity, which are considered to be ideal electrode materials for supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries. The objective of the research was to synthesize carbon aerogel films at ambient conditions. Resorcinol formaldehyde (RF) and carbon aerogel films have been produced with extremely high RC ratio (molar ratio of resorcinol to catalyst) followed by subcritical drying. The structure of the porous films was investigated using electron scanning microscope. The specific surface area was measured by using nitrogen adsorption (BET) and electrical conductivity was measured with four-probe method. It was found that with extremely high RC ratio, the porous structure of RF and carbon aerogel films can be controlled from micro to macro porous at ambient conditions. With respect to the application as electrodes for fuel cells, carbon aerogel films with different porous structures on the two surfaces have been also obtained through optimizing the sol-gel process.     

流化床反应器中不同Ni/Al2O3催化剂上CH4-CO2重整反应性能的比较研究

采用浸渍法、溶胶 凝胶过程与普通干燥、超临界干燥过程相结合的方法制备了三种20%的NiO-Al2O3体系催化剂，利用BET、XRD、H2 TPR、H2-TPD等方法对各催化剂样品物化性质进行了表征，并考察了催化剂在流化床反应器中CH4-CO2重整反应的催化性能。研究结果表明，经923K焙烧后气凝胶催化剂中镍与载体间作用力最强，主要为固定NiO和尖晶石NiAl2O4结构，而浸渍型催化剂和干凝胶催化剂中镍与载体间作用力较弱。三种催化剂中，气凝胶催化剂具有比表面积较大、堆密度较低、Ni还原度及分散度较高的特点。它在流化床反应器中所形成的聚团流态化状态具有较高的床层膨胀率，大量多孔疏松状的纳米颗粒聚团在床内的循环运动有效地提高了传质效率，能使得生成的沉积炭快速得到气化，从而抑制了催化剂失活；对于浸渍型催化剂和干凝胶催化剂，流化床反应器中床层膨胀率较低、颗粒循环量较少、传质效率较低，易于造成催化剂表面积炭失活。经用TG和XRD等方法对反应后催化剂分析表征，证明催化剂表面石墨碳的沉积是导致浸渍型催化剂和干凝胶催化剂失活的主要原因。     

Characterizations of nickel mesh and nickel foam current collectors for supercapacitor application

Nickel (Ni) current collectors having a three-dimensional and porous structure are considered attractive contestants for high-efficiency supercapacitors. Therefore, Ni current collectors have a unique architecture and outstanding electrochemical properties. This study reports the effect of electrochemical characterizations on the electrochemical behavior and physical properties of Ni mesh and Ni foam. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge discharge (GCD) are used to examine the electrochemical properties and life span of the Ni mesh and Ni foam as a current collector in a supercapacitor application. Structural and microstructural characterizations are performed to verify the formation of an oxide layer after 1000 cycles of CV analysis. Results show that Ni foam can increase the yield electrochemical performance of the supercapacitor. Ni foam present better efficiency (35 F g⁻¹) compared to the Ni mesh (12 F g⁻¹) at 10 mV s⁻¹ scan rate by using 2 mg imaginary mass of active material. This result shows that Ni foam has good electrochemical performance and reversibility, higher pseudocapacitance, weaker polarization, and enhance rotating performance as to Ni mesh. The porous structure of Ni foam is in control for improving of the electrochemical properties, therefore, the electrochemical region was increased and shortened ion diffusion. Structural analysis shows that Ni mesh and Ni foam are oxidized after the electrochemical analysis and transformed to nickel oxide hydroxide (NiOOH). Higher specific surface area between the electrode and electrolyte leads to excellent electrochemical and pseudocapacitive performance of the Ni foam compared to the Ni mesh, even if the materials of current collectors are the same. Hence, the physical structure of the current collectors have a critical part in improving the energy density of the supercapacitor.     

Porous carbon framework nested nickel foam as freestanding host for high energy lithium sulfur batteries

Constructing 3 D multifunctional conductive framework as stable sulfur cathode contributes to develop advanced lithium-sulfur(Li-S) batteries.Herein,a freestanding electrode with nickel foam framework and nitrogen doped porous carbon(PC) network is presented to encapsulate active sulfur for Li-S batteries.In such a mutually embedded architecture with high stability,the interconnected carbon network and nickel foam matrix can expedite ionic/electro nic tra nsport and sustain volume variations of sulfur.Furthermore,rationally designed porous structures provide sufficient internal space and large surface area for high active sulfur loading and polar polysulfides anchoring.Benefiting from the synergistic superiority,the Ni/PC-S cathode exhibits a high initial capacity of around 1200 mAh/g at 0.2 C,excelle nt rate perfo rmance,and high cycling stability with a low decay rate of 0.059% per cycle after 500 cycles.This work provides a useful strategy to exploit freestanding porous framework for diverse applications.     

Implanting Ni into N-doped puffed carbon: A new advanced electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

Tailored design and synthesis of high-quality electrocatalysts is vital for the advancement of oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, we report a powerful puffing method to fabricate hierarchical porous N-doped carbon with numerous embedded Ni nanoparticles. Interestingly, during the puffing and annealing process, rice precursor with N and Ni sources can be in-situ converted into Ni-embedded N-doped porous carbon (N-PC/Ni) composite. The obtained N-PC/Ni composite possesses a cross-linked porous architecture containing conductive carbon backbone and active Ni nanoparticles electrocatalysts for OER. The pore formation in N-PC/Ni composite is also proposed because of carbothermic reduction. The N-PC/Ni composite is fully studied as electrocatalysts for OER. Due to increased active surface area, enhanced electronic conductivity and reactivity, the designed N-PC/Ni composite exhibits superior OER performance with a low Tafel slope (∼88 mV/dec) and a low overpotential as well as excellent long-term stability in alkaline solution. Our proposed rational design strategy may provide a new way to construct other advanced metal/heteroatom-doped composites for widespread application in electrocatalysis.     

Unsupported Pt‐Ni Aerogels with Enhanced High Current Performance and Durability in Fuel Cell Cathodes

Highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts are needed to reduce the costs and enhance the service life of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). This can be accomplished by alloying Pt with a transition metal (for example Ni) and by eliminating the corrodible, carbon‐based catalyst support. However, materials combining both approaches have seldom been implemented in PEFC cathodes. In this work, an unsupported Pt‐Ni alloy nanochain ensemble (aerogel) demonstrates high current PEFC performance commensurate with that of a carbon‐supported benchmark (Pt/C) following optimization of the aerogel's catalyst layer (CL) structure. The latter is accomplished using a soluble filler to shift the CL's pore size distribution towards larger pores which improves reactant and product transport. Chiefly, the optimized PEFC aerogel cathodes display a circa 2.5‐fold larger surface‐specific ORR activity than Pt/C and maintain 90 % of the initial activity after an accelerated stress test (vs. 40 % for Pt/C).     

Effect of Low-Temperature Heating on the Properties of Graphene Oxide Aerogel

The paper describes the effect of low-temperature annealing in air on the composition and structure of graphene oxide aerogel. It has been found that the concentration of carbon in the aerogel sharply increases, i.e., its carbonization occurs, already at a temperature of 175°C. At the same time, both the outer shape of the aerogel granules and the internal porous structure are preserved.     

氧化铁气凝胶的制备及其表征

气凝胶是由纳米量级超细微粒或高聚物分子构成的多孔性固态材料^[1,2],其杨氏模量、声传播速率、折射率、热导率和电导率等均与其宏观密度成标度关系.它拥有反常输运特性、动力学性质和低温热学性质.     

Synthesis of activated carbon foams with high specific surface area using polyurethane elastomer templates for effective removal of methylene blue

Carbon foams have gained significant attention due to their tuneable properties that enable a wide range of applications including catalysis, energy storage and wastewater treatment. Novel synthesis pathways enable novel applications via yielding complex, hierarchical material structure. In this work, activated carbon foams (ACFs) were produced from waste polyurethane elastomer templates using different synthesis pathways, including a novel one-step method. Uniquely, the produced foams exhibited complex structure and contained carbon microspheres. The ACFs were synthesized by impregnating the elastomers in an acidified sucrose solution followed by direct activation using CO₂ at 1000 ℃. Different pyrolysis and activation conditions were investigated. The ACFs were characterized by a high specific surface area (S_BET) of 2172 m²/g and an enhanced pore volume of 1.08 cm³/g. Computer tomography and morphological studies revealed an inhomogeneous porous structure and the presence of numerous carbon spheres of varying sizes embedded in the porous network of the three-dimensional carbon foam. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy indicated that the obtained carbon foam was amorphous and of turbostratic structure. Moreover, the activation process enhanced the surface of the carbon foam, making it more hydrophilic via altering pore size distribution and introducing oxygen functional groups. In equilibrium, the adsorption of methylene blue on ACF followed the Langmuir isotherm model with a maximum adsorption capacity of 592 mg/g. Based on these results, the produced ACFs have potential applications as adsorbents, catalyst support and electrode material in energy storage systems.     

Preparation and characterization of a nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon aerogel and its polymer precursor

Nitrogen-containing carbon aerogel was prepared from resorcinol–melamine–formaldehyde (R–M–F) polymer gel precursor. The polymer gel was supercritically dried with CO₂, and the carbonization of the resulting polymer aerogel under nitrogen atmosphere at 900 °C yielded the carbon aerogel. The polymer and carbon aerogels were characterized with TG/DTA–MS, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption/desorption (??196 °C), FTIR, Raman, powder XRD and SEM–EDX techniques. The thermal decomposition of the polymer aerogel had two major steps. The first step was at 150 °C, where the unreacted monomers and the residual solvent were released, and the second one at 300 °C, where the species belonging to the polymer network decomposition could be detected. The pyrolytic conversion of the polymer aerogel was successful, as 0.89 at.% nitrogen was retained in the carbon matrix. The nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel was amorphous and possessed a hierarchical porous structure. It had a significant specific surface area (890 m² g^?1) and pore volume (4.7 cm³ g^?1). TG/DTA–MS measurement revealed that during storage in ambient conditions surface functional groups formed, which were released upon annealing.